Country Report: Legal assistance for review of detention
Last updated: 30/11/20
After 3 days in detention, an asylum seeker has access to free legal assistance on detention matters only.[1] Prior to that date, other persons such as a private lawyer, a person with a power of attorney, possibly from an NGO, and the applicant may request a review of the detention order.
A child detained on the basis of the Aliens Act is always appointed a legal counsellor if he or she has no parent in Sweden.[2]